ROHINGYA: A family friendly day of remembrance took place to commerorate the lost lives of the Rohingya and to mark International Rohingya Remberence Day also celbrated 10 years of the Rohingya community in Carlow. Cast getting ready for 'Bloodlines', a Rohingya live performance in the Visual centre in Carlow town. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

REHEARSAL: Members of Hill street family rescource Centre Chinese Cultural Group rehersing before performing at the Festival of Nations in Mountjoy Square on Saturday. The Globaly diverse festival promoted cultural integration with stands from organisations and countries highlighting their cultures and information. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

AMAZON FIRES: A snake flees from the fire, in the Amazon of Rondonia. On Saturday, Brazil began to deploy 44,000 soldiers in the vast Amazon region to fight forest fires. Photograph: Joedson Alves/EPA

FLOODS: Filipino villagers navigate a flooded road in the town of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte province. According to news reports, two deaths were recorded in the northern Philippine province of Ilocos Norte on August 24th, after heavy rains from tropical storm Bailu hit the area. Photograph: Bernie Sipin Dela Cruz/EPA

MUD BATH: People take a mud bath during the Iron Mud festival in the town of Zheleznovodsk, in Stavropol region, Russia on Saturday. Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters

SEEING RED: Spanish bulfighter Paco Urena fights a bull during as part of the Semana Grande fair at Vista Alegre bullring in Bilbao, Basque Country, northern Spain on august 23rd. The fair runs until Sunday, August 25th. Photograph: Miguel Tona/EPA

MASS RALLY: A girl sits next to an installation of shoes in rememberance of refugees who died crossing Mediterranean Sea during mass rally for an open society organized by action group Unteilbar (Indivisible) in Dresden, Germany on Saturday. Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA

SMASHING POTS: Indian devotees pray before forming a human pyramid in an attempt to reach and break a 'dahi-handi' (curd-pot), during the Janmashtami Festival in Mumbai, Indiaon Saturday. Hindu devotees take part in the celebration in which an earthen pot is suspended high above the ground and young men and children form a human pyramid to reach the pot and break it. The festival celebrates the birth of the Hindu god Lord Krishna, one of the most popular gods in Hinduism. Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA